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SEC. 3.102 Jun. Date 123/8, 1 E.O. NARS, Washington, D. C. Directive 24 September 1951 DOD JOINT DAILY SITREP NO. 351 NLT. (Maps attached) From 0700/21 (EST) to 0700/24(EST) From 2100/21 (Korea) to 2100/24 (Korea) 1. Weather: During the period the weather has been generally good. Visibility good. Forecast: Multilayered clouds. Visibility less than one mile. (FEAF) (SECRET) cast: 2. Enemy Situation: Heaviest activity continued in the east-central sector, northeast of Yanggu, where well entrenched battalion-and regimental-size groups stubbornly opposed UN attacks. Activity intensified early in the period in the central sector north of Hwachon, where company-size groups re- sisted UN advances in hand-to-hand combat. Numerous probing attacks and counterattacks were made upon UN positions all across the front, including 10 squad- to reinforced battalion-strength attacks in the west- ern sector 8 miles west-southwest of Chorwon. The adjusted report of enemy vehicle sightings for the period 20-23 September: 7, 453, of which 5, 678 were moving south. (FECOM) (SECRET) 3. United Nations Situation: ARMY: a. General: Three UN task forces probed northward in the central sector early in the period, one advancing six miles northwest of Kumhwa, one seven miles northeast of Kumhwa and a third moved to a point five miles south of Kumsong. Other UN forces continued to attack in the east-central sector northeast of Yanggu, but made no significant gains in heavy fighting with company-to regimental=size enemy groups. Aggressive probing of hostile defensive positions continued in other sec- tors. The Philippine Battalion moved to assembly area three miles south of Chorwon, and the Netherlands Battalion was attached to the 2d US In- fantry Division and closed in an assembly area six miles northeast of Yanggu. (FECOM) (SECRET)